Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor born April 24, 1987 in Paris. The country’s most paid celebrity, he has been on the Celebrity 100 list for Forbes India since 2014. Each of the eleven films in which he has performed has had commercial success, establishing Dhawan in Hindi cinema.

Son of director David Dhawan, he studied business management at Nottingham Trent University, after which he worked as an assistant director for Karan Johar in the 2010 My Name Is Khan drama. Dhawan made his film debut with Johar’s 2012 student of the year, for which he received a Filmfare nomination in the Best Men’s category.

Dhawan was born from David Dhawan, director, and Karuna Dhawan. His older brother, Rohit, is a director, while his uncle, Anil, is an actor. He completed his studies in Human Sciences at the H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. Dhawan has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Nottingham Trent, UK. Prior to his acting career, Dhawan had worked for Karan Johar as an assistant director in the terrorist drama starring My Name Is Khan (2010).

Dhawan has appeared on Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list since 2014, peaking at # 15 in 2018. That year, the magazine estimated its annual revenue at £ 495.8 million (US $ 6.9 million) ) and ranked him among the highest paid celebrities in the country. In the same year, the Indian edition of GQ ranks him among the 50 most influential young people in the country and calls him “the most profitable star of his generation”.

On 24 January 2021, Dhawan married his long-time girlfriend, fashion designer Natasha Dalal.